Students from the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot last month expect more than 1 million participants in upcoming marches in Washington and elsewhere calling for gun regulations, students said Monday. More than 800 March for Our Lives demonstrations are planned around the world Saturday, sparked by the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida. “It just […]

Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon said on Twitter Monday that she’ll challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York’s Democratic primary in September. Her announcement sets up a race pitting an openly gay liberal activist against a two-term incumbent with a $30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions. “We want our government to work […]

State Rep. Mack Butler, who represents Etowah and St. Clair Counties, introduced a bill on Monday creating a local constitutional amendment providing that the Sheriff of Etowah County must deposit into a special account all excess allowances given for feeding prisoners. The excess funds can then be used for designated law enforcement purposes. Butler’s legislative […]

Alabama lawmakers are headed into the final days of the 2018 session with key votes looming on proposals to allow some teachers to carry guns in school, changing the position of lieutenant governor and other bills. The House of Representatives on Tuesday will debate a bill to allow designated teachers, after undergoing training, to carry firearms in […]

An organization that preserves Civil War battlefields is looking for volunteers to clean up historical sites in Alabama including Fort Morgan on the coast. The Civil War Trust says volunteers will be working at more than 160 sites nationwide during its annual cleanup day April 7.

Alabama’s tourism agency is promoting a series of walking tours that will start next month in cities both large and small. About 30 communities statewide are offering the free, hour-long strolls beginning April 7.

MöllerTech, a German auto supplier, has opened a $46.3 million plant in central Alabama. Company officials said 222 employees will be hired at the new supply plant by the end of 2019, Al.com reported . The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this week almost 16 months after the company announced it would build the plant in […]

Clemson isn’t all about football. The Tigers are pretty good at basketball, too, and are going to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 21 years.

Police in Alabama say a man has been charged in connection with the death of a 91-year-old woman. Dothan police said in a news release Sunday that 58-year-old Joe Nathan Duncan was charged with capital murder in the death of 91-year-old Mabel Fowler.

Police say a 41-year-old Alabama man who was found with a stab wound has died. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that police responded to the 2600 block of Endicott Drive shortly after midnight Friday to find George Tucker suffering from a stab wound.

A race for the Alabama Supreme Court has opened a rare rift between pro-business organizations that normally march in lockstep. ProgressPAC, the political action committee of the Business Council of Alabama, has endorsed Mobile County Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart for the position held until January by Justice Glenn Murdock. She faces Circuit Court Judge Debra […]

Twenty-nine million people faced a threat of severe storms Monday that could bring damaging hail, high wind and even tornadoes to the southeastern United States.

Last week State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Birmingham) introduced the Forfeiture Database and Reporting Act to create a central repository of data on asset forfeitures to provide lawmakers and citizens with easily accessible information on the practice. The bill would require law enforcement to report information about the seizures that include, among others, the date of property […]

In a victory for private property rights this week, the federal government agreed to reconsider rules adopted during the Obama-era that unreasonably restrict the freedom of Americans to use their land. “We are encouraged that the Trump administration has agreed to revisit these rules, which threaten property owners’ rights to use any land that the […]

U.S. Representative Martha Roby participated in a defense appropriations subcommittee hearing this week where she expressed her appreciation to Secretary Heather Wilson for the Air Force’s decision to base F-35 Joint Strike Fighters at Dannelly Field in Montgomery. https://youtu.be/HOx–qUKWiU Roby also discussed other military-related programs in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, including helicopter training at Fort […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center has removed three Russia-related articles from its website following challenges to the articles’ accuracy. The three articles all focused on drawing conspiratorial connections between anti-establishment American political figures and Russian influence operations in the United States. The left-wing nonprofit apologized on Wednesday for a March 9 article that linked left-wing writers […]

Avery Johnson has spent plenty of time trying to convince Alabama freshman star Collin Sexton to take ownership of his play and the Crimson Tide, a message the coach has repeated frequently during his team’s uneven season. It finally seems to be getting through. The fact it took until March hardly matters. “(Sexton’s) giving more […]

A recent report about the more than $750,000 that Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin has pocketed over the last three years in extra “Food Provisions” money has reinvigorated attention into a state law that allows sheriffs to keep leftover money not used to feed inmates. The report, authored by Birmingham News reporter Connor Sheets, details […]

Two east Alabama firefighters have been seriously injured during a training exercise. Police say two members of the Opelika Fire Department were hurt Thursday afternoon while training inside an abandoned home. Authorities haven’t released their names.

Authorities say an Alabama woman is charged with drugging a 5-year-old boy before dropping him off at school. The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department says 41-year-old Margaret Ann Elchin of Boaz was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated child abuse. Officials say the woman gave the child a pill that caused him to lose consciousness […]

Alabama lawmakers have approved a 2.5 percent pay raise for teachers and school employees that will cost more than $100 million. The Alabama Senate voted 29-0 Thursday for the pay raise in the education budget for the next fiscal year.

A proposal to strip the powers of Alabama’s lieutenant governor was delayed Thursday in the state Senate. The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the lieutenant governor as Senate president and make the primary responsibility of the position to succeed the governor if he or she resigns, is impeached or dies. It would also require the lieutenant governor […]

Authorities say an Alabama boy took his father’s SUV, drove into Mississippi and ran out of gas. WDAM-TV reported Thursday that Perry County Sheriff Mitch Nobles says the boy took the vehicle and drove into Mississippi, where he eventually ran out of gas at the Circle K convenience store in New Augusta.

In a scathing attack aimed at Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), The Root columnist Michael Harriot criticized Alabama’s junior senator for his vote on a measure to roll back some provisions of the Obama-era Dodd-Frank law that imposed regulations on the financial sector. The bill passed in the U.S. Senate by a 67-31 margin and was […]